Edward etjtchinson



(No Model.)

B. HUTOHINSON.

HEAD BLOCK FOR. VEHIGLES. No. 402,737. Patented May 7, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD HUTCHINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HEAD-BLOCK FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,737, dated May '7,1889.

Application filed September 25, 1888. Serial No. 286,307. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD HUTCHINSON, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Head- Block for Vehicles, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved combination ofhead-block, fifthwheel, and springs, whereby the body of the Vehicle isallowed to drop a greater distance than usual heretofore, and whereby aspring will not come in contact with the head-block when the weight of aperson mounting the vehicle is applied upon the side of the body towhich said spring is attached.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the block attached to a spring. Fig. 2is a vertical section on line a: a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom planview of the block and spring, and Fig.4 is a plan view of the head.

In carrying out the invention the headblock 10 consists of a centralbody, 11, from each end of which arms 12 and 13 are projected, the saidarms being carried downward from the body, as illustrated at 14, toproduce a depressed surface, 15, of any de sired length, and upward, asshown at 16, terminating, preferably, in an extremity of an ornamentalcharacter. The central portion of the depressed surface 15 is usuallyfiattened upon the under side and provided with a perpendicularaperture, 17, as best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4. I

It will be understood that the depressed surface 15 may be carried asfar as desired below the plane of the under side of the body 11, and theextremity of the arms 12 and 13 may be carried. upward to any givenheight.

The perch-plates 18 and 19 are integral with the inner or rear side ofthe head-block, one perch-plate, when two are employed, being made toextend at a right angle from each side of the center. As illustrated inFigs. 2, 3, and 4, the perch-plates are curved downward at theirintersection with the head-block to a line in the same horizontal planewith the under face of the depressed surface 15. From thence the saidperch-plates are carried horizontally rearward. Each perch-plate isprovided at or near the extremities of the horizontal section withapertured ears 20 upon opposite sides, and the perches 21are attached tothe upper surfaces of the plates through the medium of clips 22, passingover the perches and through the apertures of the ears, as best shown inFig. 2. The head-block and perch-plates are preferably made of wroughtmetal.

By reason of the peculiar shape of the head block and perch-plates thefifth-wheel 23 may be secured to the under side of the same as, forinstance, the said wheel is secured to the under face of the depressedsurfaces of the head-block by suitable bolts and at or near the centerof the perch-plates upon the under side, as best shown in Fig. 3. Inattaching the wheel to the perch-plates lugs 24 are preferably formedintegral with the former, and a bolt, 25, is passed through the perches,the perch-plate, and said lug. It will thus be observed that the perchesare weakened only by the passage of the said bolt 25.

In order to illustrate the application of a spring to the head-block, Ihave shown in connection therewith a form of spring for which I havemade an application for Letters Patent filed on even date herewith. Idesire it to be distinctly understood that the headblock may be used inconnection with any approved form of spring.

It will be observed that by reason of the peculiar form of thehead-block the fifth-wheel may be secured to the under side of the same,and the body of the vehicle, when attached, dropped at least an inchlower than heretofore.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A head-block for vehicles, consisting of abody portion, arms extending from the ends of the same, curveddownwardly and out-.

wardly, and integral perch-plates downwardly curved at theirintersection with the body of the block, substantially. as shown anddescribed.

2. A head-block for vehicles, consisting of the same, and provided withhorizontally- & body portion, arms extending; from the ends aligningside ears, substantially as shown and I0 of the same, curved,respectively, downward described.

from the said body and upward and outward, 1 T r 1 V T 1 T provided with{in essentially horizontal sur- ARI) HUl 0111A face intervening the twocurves, and perch- \Vitnesses:

plates extending from the side of the body, J. F. AGKEB, J12,

downwardly curved at their intersection with C. SEDGWIGK.

